Signs of fall: rainy skies, football on every available television all the time, and a group of baseball’s splashiest prospects headed to the desert to play in the Arizona Fall League. This year, the AFL begins earlier than ever; this Wednesday, in fact.
We’ve already covered which Mariners prospects are headed to the AFL, including bright young stars Julio Rodriguez and Jarred Kelenic, heralded by Baseball America as the best organizational 1-2 punch in the AFL.
However, every team is sending their best and brightest to “baseball graduate school,” and following the AFL is a great way to get a glimpse of who the superstars of the future might be.